China News Service, Shaoshan, December 25 (Fu Jingyi) The handover ceremony for the return capsule of the Shenzhou 10 manned spacecraft was held on the 25th in Shaoshan, Hunan.
The return cabin is about 2.6 meters high, about 2.4 meters in diameter, and weighs more than 2 tons. After the official handover, it will be displayed for a long time at the Comrade Mao Zedong Memorial Hall in Shaoshan.
On June 11, 2013, three astronauts Nie Haisheng, Zhang Xiaoguang, and Wang Yaping took the Shenzhou 10 manned spacecraft out of space. On June 26, the spacecraft's return module safely returned to the main landing site in central Inner Mongolia.
During the 15-day flight in orbit, technical tests such as automatic rendezvous and docking with Tiangong-1 and spacecraft flying around were successfully completed.
The handover ceremony for the return capsule of the Shenzhou 10 manned spacecraft.
Photo by Yang Huafeng
"Chinese astronauts have fulfilled Chairman Mao's long-cherished wish of'can go to the moon in nine days'." Zhou Jianping, the chief designer of China's manned space project, said that after generations of hard exploration and continuous struggle, from the Shuguang spacecraft to the Shenzhou spacecraft, from "714 From the "Project" to the "921" Project, China's manned spaceflight has achieved major leapfrogs from unmanned testing to manned flight, from single-vessel flight to multi-vehicle docking and combined flight. It has independently made breakthroughs and mastered a series of major key technologies. The construction of the human space station.
Before the ceremony, Xu Dazhe, secretary of the Hunan Provincial Party Committee, had a discussion with Zhou Jianping, the chief designer of China's manned space project who came to Hunan to attend the handover ceremony in Changsha.
Xu Dazhe said that the 100th anniversary of the founding of the party is approaching, and the Shenzhou 10 manned spacecraft's return capsule has long settled in Hunan, the hometown of great men, which is conducive to inheriting the red gene and promoting the spirit of innovation. It has far-reaching and exciting meaning.
Hunan has a special relationship with China's aerospace industry and has undertaken a series of major scientific and technological projects and key projects in the national aerospace field. A large number of Hunan aerospace workers have played an important role in China's aerospace industry.
As a national first-class museum, the Shaoshan Comrade Mao Zedong Memorial Museum is the only memorial thematic museum in China that systematically displays Chairman Mao Zedong’s life, deeds, thoughts and personality.
In recent years, the annual number of visitors to the memorial has reached 5 million, and Shaoshan Scenic Area receives 20 million visitors annually. Among them, the average annual number of primary and middle school students visits more than 45%.
People took photos with the return capsule of the Shenzhou 10 manned spacecraft.
Photo by Yang Huafeng
On July 14, 1970, Chairman Mao Zedong personally approved the "Dawn One" manned spaceflight program. The manned spaceflight carried the long-cherished wish of the older generation of proletarian revolutionaries to "can go to the moon in nine days" and the Chinese nation's thousand-year dream of flying to the sky.
Relevant persons said that placing the return pod in the memorial hall has the advantages of accurate function positioning, good display conditions, and great significance and value. It is a deep comfort to the older generation of proletarian revolutionaries such as Comrade Mao Zedong, and is beneficial to the spirit of manned spaceflight and great men. The deep integration of the red culture in the hometown makes the feat of flying and the pride of great men stand out; it is conducive to better display the comprehensive benefits of manned space engineering, to achieve the effect of displaying aerospace achievements, promoting aerospace science, and inheriting the red culture; it is conducive to promoting the scientific spirit and inspiring Innovate awareness, promote basic research, and help Hunan implement the "three high and four new" strategy and build a modern new Hunan.
On the same day, the leaders and guests presented a flower basket to the bronze statue of Comrade Mao Zedong.
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